The super mechano-system (SMS) project is the Grand-in-Aid for COE Research
Project, which started is April 1997 at the Tokyo Institute of Technology
for the Creation of New Functionality by the Fusion of Control and Mechanis
ms, and is supported by the Ministry of Education, Sciences, Sports and Cul
ture. The project aims to establish a new discipline by the functional inte
gration of advanced technologies in mechanisms and control. This paper brie
fly describes the SMS project.